Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-05

yet their conduct is likely 10 put her in sn
equivocal position, for il is not possible |
for woman to Be constantly snuO6ing |
men, nor is it easy, nor even pleasant, 10 |
have TO be always avoiding them or ieav- |
ing them when they have "sat out"
long enough for censorioCs tongues
pecially II her cavalier be
agreeable or amusing. If the husb6rd
were present it would be his business ,srd
the goss'ping tongues Of society would
have nothing to say en- the subject IN
marked: "Poo- map, how he is being BE-
fooled by his pretty wife" The remark
now is often made that osli vii! be
very smart one, IS al the pretty young
married women Will be there, and where
they are The good men, as they
are called, will also collect. The
present habit Of loose conversation may
| to 3 great extent be attributed 10 them, as
| they allow the men TO say things that
! formerly would never have been dreamed
Of. Men now are what the women have
made them, and when they ind that they
are allowed freedom Of conversation and
unlimited Irritation, they avail themselves
! of it, aud this cause is 80 a great eXtent
snswerable for the general lowering of
the tone of society nowadays. It is
thought nothing extraordinary ST the
present day for young married woman
TO sit out most of the evening in q quiet
corner or conservatory with the same
man, or to give man 8 lit in her
carriage part Of the WY home. II s.
young girl sits cut 8 lorg time with the
same man or several occasions, the wCrld
Immediately says it viii be match, or,
! if not, that il ought TO DE, end that ne is
| behaving very badly to Ter. Why, then,
are ne to suppose that young married
woman may be doing the same thing con-
/ stantly without rousing the suspicion of
others?
But notoriety is the prevailing fashion,
and it is considered : greaG thing now to
! be seen in music halls aud restaurants
chiefly used Dy the demi-m0nde, not that
there is any pretense that these places ere
more amusing than the theateTs, etc.
but there is that feeling, SO charming TO
many young ladies of 1.-The present day,
that they are doing something thai
is cut of the way and almost wrong.
There is the same fascination IN going 10
these places that there is III reading
French novels Of more than doubtful
morality. Let it but be known that there
is book out that is hardly decent, and
the rush for it is immense among our
young married ladies end even among
some Of the elder splnsters Indeed, not
to have read any book that is
more indecent than usual is 10 be
cut Of the fashion. The young married
women's star first came into the ascend
ant when certain ladies were taken up Dy
society for their looks alone, and not for
the position they held; these were the
rage for time, and to be friends with
them, and to COPY them in many ways,
was the ambition of many who, though
not prepared to go the lengths that these
did, did not object to be classed in the
same category. Fashion must be obeyed,
and it is the fashion 10 have Cavaliers"
dangling at their skirts, AMI, though they
would perhaps blush TO own il, they
put themselves in the position of being
stigmstZad as unfaithiul to their
husbands. To evince 8 decided prefer
enCe for their husbands over other men
is antiQuated and out Of date; and, If a
real affection exists in the present phase
OF society, great care must taken to hide
il absolutely, except when the vCung
couple are quite alone. 1t would be alb
surd, OF course, TO say that all women
gre alike, and that none OF them are SEN
sibIe and good wives, who accept the
battery CT men st what it is worth: bul
there is still this lowering tendency in So
ciety Of the present day, and there are
many nice young married VIC
, men who get their heads turn
ed by the attention they receive
, Even if they do not in their downward
career Icy themselves open to anything
worse, at any rate they set the tongue O.
scandal wagging at their expense, enc
what may be but foolishness Is LOOKED
r upon as worse by the world. They nave
| great influence now; let them use it in the
! right way TO keep up the tone of society
to keep men in their proper places, anC
? not TO encourage that fsstness which
t verges on vulgarlty, in either converse
ton or actions, for men very soon dis
cover with what ladies they may take lib
J critics.